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Social Media, NPOs and Fundraising: Here to Stay!
Social media use by nonprofit organizations continues to grow and has become a fundamental fundraising and social engagement tool. In fact, nonprofit use of social media has grown significantly in the past year, with average Facebook communities grow...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=1297Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:15:00 +7000Nap Anyone?
Children get to nap, sometimes twice a day.&amp;nbsp; Even kindergartners get to &amp;ldquo;rest&amp;rdquo; during their school day.&amp;nbsp; Unfortunately, American society frowns on adults taking naps.&amp;nbsp; Yet research suggests that naps ar...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=1292Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:15:00 +7000A lost Art?
A Lost Art?
I recently ran across an organization that gives children cameras to photo journal their days.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The intent is to capture culture/community, and get a glimpse of day-to-day societal concerns through &amp;lsquo;the child ...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=1224Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:00:00 +7000What Are We Working For?
I came across this quote and thought it might be inspiring to the workplaces served through Third Sector Innovations:
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=1215Thu, 06 Sep 2012 21:35:00 +7000Gratitude for Those Who Rekindle Us
&amp;lrm;&amp;quot;In everyone&amp;#39;s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. &amp;nbsp;It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. &amp;nbsp;We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.&...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=1207Wed, 29 Aug 2012 10:50:00 +7000What Got You Here Won't Get You There
You&amp;rsquo;ve heard the story, or maybe it&amp;rsquo;s yours&amp;hellip;
You&amp;rsquo;re hard working, intelligent.&amp;nbsp; You meet all your goals and consistently exceed expectations.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Your supervisor raves about the quali...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=1205Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:55:00 +7000A Whole New Mind
You&amp;rsquo;ve probably heard people described as either &amp;ldquo;left brain&amp;rdquo; or &amp;ldquo;right brain&amp;rdquo; thinkers.&amp;nbsp; A person who is &amp;ldquo;left brained&amp;rdquo; is often said to be more logical, analytical and o...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=1187Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:35:00 +7000Successful Teams
Teamwork.&amp;nbsp; We hear the word so often that it loses its power.&amp;nbsp; But it&amp;rsquo;s true:&amp;nbsp; Teamwork is key to all successful organizations!
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When teams are effective, we can produce quality services/products and imp...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=1182Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:55:00 +7000Top Ten Employment Law Mistakes
by Suzy Keith
Employees are an organization&amp;#39;s most valuable asset.&amp;nbsp; At the same time, employees can be a definite liability to an employer.
Whether your organization is a business, government or nonprofit organization, you are full...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=1145Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:25:00 +7000To Social Network or to Not Social Network???
That, indeed, is the question!! Third Sector Innovations is looking for your success stories, if they exist (yes, healthy skepticism from a Baby Boomer!). Has any form of social networking helped your organization in a very real and measurable way?...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=824Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:35:00 +7000Information Technology Presentation
Thanks to all who attended the &quot;Fundraising and Information Technology for Nonprofits&quot; class at the Mesa County Public Library on May 27th! For notes regarding this presentation, go to the Nonprofits tab on our site, and the Articles and Re...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=488Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:50:00 +7000Rewind
&quot;When I accuse my neighbor, I may be wrong, but never when I forgive.&quot; - Karl Heinrich Waggerl
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=472Tue, 18 May 2010 14:05:00 +7000On Social Change
&quot;Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot un-educate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore.&quot; - Cesar Chavez in h...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=471Mon, 17 May 2010 17:05:00 +7000Two Are Better Than One
Researchers studied 34 students at the University of Virginia, taking them to the base of a steep hill and fitting them with a weighted backpack. They were then asked to estimate the steepness of the hill. Some participants stood next to friends duri...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=237Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:50:00 +7000Finding and Following an Authentic Life
&quot;We need to teach ourselves to sit quietly and listen, just listen, long enough to leave a decent indentation on the couch.&quot; - Gregg Levoy, from his book &quot;Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life&quot;
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=232Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:05:00 +7000And Yet More on How We Are to Live...
I LOVE this quote: &quot;Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.&quot; - Epicurus
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=203Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:40:00 +7000On Patience
&quot;I remembered one morning when I discovered a cocoon in a bark of a tree, just as a butterfly was making a hole in its case and preparing to come out. I waited a while, but it was too long appearing and I was impatient. I bent over it and brea...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=202Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:40:00 +7000Blogger Question Regarding Board Accountability
Hi, Illene: I have a question regarding your two handouts, &quot;Ten Stupid Things That Board Members Do To Mess Up Their Organizations&quot; and &quot;10 Practical Ways to Engage Your Board of Directors in Fund Development.&quot; Perhaps you&apos;...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=200Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:50:00 +7000Food for Thought
&quot;If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let one meal pass without sharing it in some way.&quot; - Buddha
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=195Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:35:00 +7000Music Through the Years...
Here&apos;s a GREAT website! Click on this link to find out what song was #1 in America on the day you were born: Number One Song&quot;I Want to be Wanted&quot; - Illene
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=192Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:35:00 +7000Democracy On the Edge? Thoughts for July 4th
In 1787, about the time our original 13 states adopted their new constitution, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:&quot;A democr...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=184Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:20:00 +7000A Favorite Quote
&quot;To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.&quot; - e.e. cummings
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=181Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +7000A Beautiful and Inspirational Song and Story
My son Aaron sent me this link. I encourage you to view the short YouTube video - it will get your day going in a great way!! Especially if you&apos;re a Fleetwood Mac fan...The featured singers are the PS22 Chorus, a group of low-income (and many ...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=178Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:20:00 +7000Strategic Planning: Why Commit?
With special thanks to Sally Kane at KVNF Public Radiosally@kvnf.org wrote: Hi, Illene. I hope this finds you well. I&apos;m holing up at home to get some thinking and writing done, as I watch the metal roofing flap around on the various sheds we ...
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http://thirdsectoronline.com/page.cfm?pageid=13924&articleid=177Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +7000